It was Pharrell Williams, or more precisely his hat, that was hailed as the Grammys garment of note. Pairing his red leather tracksuit jacket, white tee and jeans with a bulbous brown hat akin to those worn by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or Mounties, even wife Helen Lasichanh looked bemused by spotlight-stealing accessory. (At least the jaunty chapeau made the diminutive singer taller than his missus though.)

A
Twitter account
was rapidly created for the much-hyped headwear, with quips such as "Im bigger than your average cap" and "You know what they say about big hats? Good head" reeled off by the 'witty' creator.

Websites, such as
MTV,
jumped on the hat bus with a selection of comedy memes, while a divided social media crowd either mocked mercilessly or blindly praised the popular producer for being a red carpet maverick.

But it was perhaps Pharrell who had the last laugh as he picked up the Producer of the Year Grammy award. For the 40-year-old has been wearing the same Vivienne Westwood mountain hat for years and the fashion police hasn't batted an eyelid.

First spotted donning it nonchalantly at a 2009 party on London's Kingly Street, we salute Pharrell for taking Westwood's punk spirit all the way to one of Hollywood's glitziest events.

Pharrell Williams with designer Nigo at a Bathing Ape party on Kingly Street, 2009. Photo: Rex